Charles Rosa expecting a war against Kevin Aguilar at UFC on ESPN 10

Win or lose, Charles Rosa always come to fight.

Rosa (12-4 MMA, 3-4 UFC) faces Kevin Aguilar in a lightweight bout this Saturday at UFC on ESPN 10, where he will be making a relatively quick turnaround.

Though Rosa has alternated wins and losses since joining the UFC roster, he’s already won four bonuses in just seven fights.

And he expects his upcoming fight with Aguilar to be no different.

“I love this one,” Rosa told MMA Junkie. “I know Kevin is coming to fight. I’m sure he knows I’m coming to fight. He’s a guy that’s proven it before, and I am myself, so this is a guy that you’re going to see some blood, I’m sure. You’re going to see some action, and you’re going to see a war. We’re both guys that don’t quit. You watch his fights – the guy, he can take some shots. You watch my fights – I mean, no one’s really ever finished me. I have the one loss to Shane Burgos, but I don’t feel like I was stopped.”

Rosa is coming off a unanimous decision loss to Bryce Mitchell at UFC 249 in a fight in which he was controlled on the ground and unable to really get any offense going.

But Rosa said if Aguilar thinks he’s found a blueprint to beat him, he should think again.

“If he wants to fight and if his chin can hold up and he’s durable enough to take it the distance, then you’re probably going to see a ‘Fight of the Year’ or a ‘Fight of the Night’ type of fight – it’s going to be a war,” Rosa said. “I know we’re both super durable, super tough.

“If he starts shooting in on me thinking because Bryce was able to do what he did to me and take me down, then he’s going to get submitted and he’s going to learn the hard way and you’re going to see the level I have in jiu-jitsu.”

UFC on ESPN 10 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card airs on ESPN and streams on ESPN+.